Posted February 2, 2013 by Chris

“Every time I talk about the All Spark Cube people ask ‘so what does it do?’ The features of the All Spark are the reason it was built and sponsored by Adaptive Computing. The Cube was built to catch peoples’ attention and to demonstrate how Adaptive can take a chaotic mess and inject order, structure and efficiency. We wrote several examples of how the All Spark Cube can demonstrate the effectiveness of a complex data center.”

Posted February 1, 2013 by Chris

“This hack is about rewriting the firmware of PLL FM transmitters based on AVR microcontrollers to add more functionalities. They’re commonly available on eBay from various sellers and for prices ranging from $40 to $80, depending mostly on the RF output power.”

Posted January 31, 2013 by Chris

“The CHORG project consists in both a hardware and software platform both of them developed by myself. The main purpose of this project is to create a robot arm capable of adapting a task to randomness of the real environment. While the hardware’s imperfections serve as good way measure the randomness the software purpose is to adapt that and allow it to successfully perform a certain task.”

Posted January 30, 2013 by Chris

“I have always really liked the user interface on Novatac and HDS lights, so many of my ideas are stolen from their user interfaces. There are things about those lights that I wanted to change, though, and some new features that I would like. I also know some people that I will be sharing this code with who have their own preferences, so I wanted configurability.”

Posted January 29, 2013 by Chris

“This is the system level integration practical final report for the Group C of 2008/09. The project was the development of a human interface using Prospeckz and Orient devices together to interact with a fighting video game….specifically for Street Figher on SNES.”

Posted January 28, 2013 by Chris

“This project will develop a low cost, easy-to-use device to assist a minimally-trained person in taking the BP using a cuff, a cell-phone and small signal acquisition box that connects both.”

Posted January 27, 2013 by Chris

“The DIYLILCNC project is a free & open-source set of plans for an inexpensive, fully functional 3-axis CNC mill that can be built by an individual with basic shop skills and tool access.”

Posted January 26, 2013 by Chris

“This website describes an open design for a small, $800 robot suitable for swarm-style multiagent research, robotics education, and other tasks. Our goal is to get as much functionality as possible from $800 per robot, replicate the robot many times to create a small collaborative swarm, and document the results to make it easier for you to do the same.”

Posted January 25, 2013 by Chris

“By request, I am posting details on my Cylon Pumpkin build from two weeks ago…..The Larson Scanner with its AA battery pack is a kit from Evil Mad Scientist…The board in the center, is an Arduino Uno. On top of that is an Adafruit Wave Shield. It’s a kit and yes I didn’t get it right when complete, I had a cold solder pad on the SD card interface. This plays the cylon sounds – this consists of the moving eye sound and then 6 phrases that can be triggered from an IR remote.”

Posted January 24, 2013 by Chris

“In this article we’ll explore how to use a commercial motor controller board to tell a stepper motor what to do. We’ll also explore some additional functionality of the board including how to setup limit switches as interrupts.”